This site features current writing opportunities for authors of all genres, with a preference for Christian publications. The submission opportunities featured on this blog site have been collected by Sally Clark. The source of the information is listed at the bottom of each post. Please check these websites for additional writing articles and information on submissions in other genres.

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Writers of comedic essays, articles, short stories, poetry, shopping lists and other forms are invited to submit.

Works up to 750 words in length should be typed, double-spaced, accompanied by a money order or check for $5 to cover administrative costs, payable to "The Mona Schreiber Prize." No limit to entries but each must have a separate fee. Put contact information directly above the title...

You do NOT have to be a member of Abilene Writers Guild to enter or win the contest, nor doyou have to attend the workshop/awards luncheon. However, please read and follow theguidelines. Entries not in compliance will not be judged and fees will not be refunded.Postmark dates for entries begin October 1, 2012 and end November 30, 2012.

WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, communication, and well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We are open to all styles of writing, although we do encourage you to take a close look at our guest judge for the season if you are serio...

Prizes (Each Genre)First Place - $250Second Place - $100Third Place - $50First, Second and Third Place prizewinners will be published. All contest submissions will be considered for publication. All authors whose work is published in Bacopa will receiveone free copy of the 2013 Bacopa Literary Review. All contest submissions will be judged blind.

The official weekly magazine of the Assemblies of God. Missions is to propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ; to give emphasis to Pentecostal distinctives; to strengthen believers. Pays $0.06 per word upon acceptance. Uses nonfiction articles only. No poetry or fiction.

The Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition was started in 1992 by Eileen Malone as a poetry contest to further enhance the outreach of The Source Center for Spiritual Development and Wholeness which was founded by Janice Farrell, Regional Coordinator for Spiritual Directors International.

TL Publishing, Inc. is proud to announce its first Christian poetry anthology. Our book anthology will contain a collection of poetry from select authors. Below are the submission guidelines. Please contact one of our editors listed on the Masthead page if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to the reading pleasure.

Prose narratives should be based on personal experience. They may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 3,500 words each, totalling a minimum of approximately 8,000 and a maximum of 16,000 words for the collection.

Submissions: All entries must be unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere, and in English. No limit to the number or length of any submissions. Submit three copies of each haibun, two (2) copies without author information attached for anonymous judging, one (1) copy with author’s name, address, phone number and e-...

Christianity without the religion. The Plain Truth (PT) is a refreshing and welcome breath of fresh air in the midst of tired, oppressive religious threats and guilt trips. Query with an outline. Email managing.editor@ptm.org. Pays 25 cents/word for articles of varying lengths. Reprints pay 15 cents/word. Loves personal stories of relationships over ritual when it comes to Christianity.

Cecil Murphey and Twila Belk have contracted with Regal Books for I Believe in Heaven, a book that will include stories from the Bible, history, and today. It is scheduled for spring 2013 release. They want three types of stories:

1. First-person accounts of someone who died, went to heaven, and returned. (e.g., Don Piper or the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.)

Choose a country in Europe or Africa. Come up with an activity related to that country that will help children learn more about that culture. Tie it to a Scripture verse in a way that points children to God and helps them learn more about some aspect — games, foods, traditions, missions or something else — related to that country.

VIA Metropolitan Transit of San Antonio is seeking poems for its 4th Annual Poetry on the Move Contest. Postmark deadline for submissions is November 14th. Winning poetry will appear on buses and vans during April 2013, National Poetry Month. To view a copy of the current flyer with submission details, go to http://www.viainfo.net/Community/PoTm.aspx , and scroll down to “Poetry on the Move Extras...

Voices de la Luna, in San Antonio, Texas, accepts English language submissions from writers all over the world, publishing quarterly in print and online. Publication dates are 15 January, 15 April, 15 July, and 15 October.Submissions must be received two months prior to publication date to be considered for the next issue. The next submission deadline is November 15, 20...

We’re looking for short stories! Think you can write a winning story in less than 1,500 words? Enter the 13th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for your chance to win $3,000 in cash, get published in Writer’s Digest magazine, and a paid trip to our ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City! The ...

The Georgia Poetry Society conducts contests in the fall of each year, with a November 15 postmark deadline for all entries. In addition to earning cash prizes, the top three poems in each contest may be published in The Reach of Song, the annual GPS poetry anthology. On the website is a list of the contests. Please click the links for descriptions of the contests, along ...

$12 ENTRY FEELimit 5,000 words. Notes from the Field is a non-fiction contest celebrating writing about experience—whether that be abroad, on a familiar sidewalk, in one’s line of work, in a field of interest, or in the most unexpected of times and settings. We are open to writing about many kinds of experience, and while we are not strictly looking for essays solely about place or with an environmenta...

The Anglican Theological Review will consider for publication articles written on topics that pertain to any of the classical disciplines of theological study. The journal is committed to creative engagement with Christian tradition and to interdisciplinary inquiry that includes literature and the arts, philosophy, and science. We encourage authors to submit articles that focus on the contempora...

Mixed Fruit Carson Prize in Poetry or Prose http://mixedfruitmagazine.com/---NO ENTRY FEE$100 award and publication in our first print issue, to be published in early 2013. The Carson Prize is open to all writers in all genres. We’ll read work from established or emerging authors. We welcome submissions from writers of any nationality. The author whose work is deemed most worthy of the Carson Prize will be awarded $100 and publication in the print issue, along with...

Twelve categories open to anyone to enter including religious theme, lyric poems, history of South Carolina, some aspect of theatre, and more. Prizes range from $50 to $500. Winning poems are published. No previously published poems.

Twelve categories open to anyone to enter including religious theme, lyric poems, history of South Carolina, some aspect of theatre, and more. Prizes range from $50 to $500. Winning poems are published. No previously published poems.

Lovely Christian Romance: To keep Your mind on what is pure and lovely.

Publisher and editor Teresa Lilly is looking for writers for her FREE online magazine, Lovely Christian Romance. The web site is:http://www.lovelychristianromance.com. She needs short Christian or clean romance between 1000 and 3000 words and pays $5. She also needs Amish stories, historical, regency romance, old fashioned, clean romance. She offers a FREE ad to writers who send in a story and have a Christian...

Three categories: 1. Free Verse, 2. Formal Verse, 3. Haiku: modern (17 or fewer syllables) or traditional (5-7-5 syllables). Prizes: $50, $20, $10, and three HMs. The contest is open to anyone, one poem per 8.5 x 11 page, using 12 or 14 point type. Poems must be in English. No simultaneous submissions; no poems that have been published or have won monetary awar...

Seventh Street Books™ is devoted to publishing quality mystery and thriller fiction. It is an imprint of Prometheus Books, an independent publisher of provocative and progressive nonfiction.from: www.fundsforwriters.com

Beginning August 27, 2012, you can submit material for possible inclusion in CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's forthcoming special issue, "Prairies, Plains, Mountains, Deserts." The journal is looking for "writing exploring the people, places, history, and changes shaping the states in the U.S. that make up the 'Big Middle' of prairies, plains, mountains, and deserts that shape the mi...

Ruminate Magazine invites you to enter their annual William Van Dyke Short Story Prize.

The finalist judge for this year's contest is Mark Richard, author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity, and bestselling novel, Fishboy.

The submission deadline for the prize is midnight October 26th, 2012, and the entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Spring 2013 Issue). You may submit one short story per contest entry and it must b...

ANNUAL POET'S CHOICE CONTESTDeadline:November 1Subject and Form:Poet's ChoiceLine Limit:40 LinesPrizes:$50$25$15Poems entered must NOT have been published or won ANY prize.

Contests are open to all poets.Poets may enter as many poems as they wish but only one prize may be won by any poet.Entry Fee is $3.00 per poem.Send two copies of each poem - one with name and address and one...

TIN HOUSE is now reading for Spring and Summer 2013. "The Summer issue is open, non-themed. The Spring issue has a theme of' This Means War.' Conflict is at the heart of all stories, and these days it seems that the world's major conflicts are portrayed in black and white, good and evil. We're looking for the grey, the messy, the not-so-easily classified. We're not just looking for work about ...

In 1999, TexasTechUniversity founded Iron Horse Literary Review in order to bring the literary arts to West Texas, which did not, at the time, have a national print venue for creative writing. We wanted an inexpensive way to bring America’s most respected poets, storytellers, and essayists to serious readers living in the remote panhandle. And that’s ...

Writers of comedic essays, articles, short stories, poetry, shopping lists and other forms are invited to submit.

Works up to 750 words in length should be typed, double-spaced, accompanied by a money order or check for $5 to cover administrative costs, payable to "The Mona Schreiber Prize." No limit to entries but each must have a separate fee. Put contact information directly above the title...

You do NOT have to be a member of Abilene Writers Guild to enter or win the contest, nor doyou have to attend the workshop/awards luncheon. However, please read and follow theguidelines. Entries not in compliance will not be judged and fees will not be refunded.Postmark dates for entries begin October 1, 2012 and end November 30, 2012.

WOW! hosts a (quarterly) writing contest every three months. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, communication, and well-rewarded recognition to contestants. The contest is open globally; age is of no matter; and entries must be in English. We are open to all styles of writing, although we do encourage you to take a close look at our guest judge for the season if you are serio...

Prizes (Each Genre)First Place - $250Second Place - $100Third Place - $50First, Second and Third Place prizewinners will be published. All contest submissions will be considered for publication. All authors whose work is published in Bacopa will receiveone free copy of the 2013 Bacopa Literary Review. All contest submissions will be judged blind.

The official weekly magazine of the Assemblies of God. Missions is to propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ; to give emphasis to Pentecostal distinctives; to strengthen believers. Pays $0.06 per word upon acceptance. Uses nonfiction articles only. No poetry or fiction.

The Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition was started in 1992 by Eileen Malone as a poetry contest to further enhance the outreach of The Source Center for Spiritual Development and Wholeness which was founded by Janice Farrell, Regional Coordinator for Spiritual Directors International.

TL Publishing, Inc. is proud to announce its first Christian poetry anthology. Our book anthology will contain a collection of poetry from select authors. Below are the submission guidelines. Please contact one of our editors listed on the Masthead page if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to the reading pleasure.

Prose narratives should be based on personal experience. They may be flash or longer, from 500 up to 3,500 words each, totalling a minimum of approximately 8,000 and a maximum of 16,000 words for the collection.

Submissions: All entries must be unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere, and in English. No limit to the number or length of any submissions. Submit three copies of each haibun, two (2) copies without author information attached for anonymous judging, one (1) copy with author’s name, address, phone number and e-...

Christianity without the religion. The Plain Truth (PT) is a refreshing and welcome breath of fresh air in the midst of tired, oppressive religious threats and guilt trips. Query with an outline. Email managing.editor@ptm.org. Pays 25 cents/word for articles of varying lengths. Reprints pay 15 cents/word. Loves personal stories of relationships over ritual when it comes to Christianity.

Cecil Murphey and Twila Belk have contracted with Regal Books for I Believe in Heaven, a book that will include stories from the Bible, history, and today. It is scheduled for spring 2013 release. They want three types of stories:

1. First-person accounts of someone who died, went to heaven, and returned. (e.g., Don Piper or the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.)

Choose a country in Europe or Africa. Come up with an activity related to that country that will help children learn more about that culture. Tie it to a Scripture verse in a way that points children to God and helps them learn more about some aspect — games, foods, traditions, missions or something else — related to that country.

VIA Metropolitan Transit of San Antonio is seeking poems for its 4th Annual Poetry on the Move Contest. Postmark deadline for submissions is November 14th. Winning poetry will appear on buses and vans during April 2013, National Poetry Month. To view a copy of the current flyer with submission details, go to http://www.viainfo.net/Community/PoTm.aspx , and scroll down to “Poetry on the Move Extras...

Voices de la Luna, in San Antonio, Texas, accepts English language submissions from writers all over the world, publishing quarterly in print and online. Publication dates are 15 January, 15 April, 15 July, and 15 October.Submissions must be received two months prior to publication date to be considered for the next issue. The next submission deadline is November 15, 20...

We’re looking for short stories! Think you can write a winning story in less than 1,500 words? Enter the 13th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for your chance to win $3,000 in cash, get published in Writer’s Digest magazine, and a paid trip to our ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City! The ...

The Georgia Poetry Society conducts contests in the fall of each year, with a November 15 postmark deadline for all entries. In addition to earning cash prizes, the top three poems in each contest may be published in The Reach of Song, the annual GPS poetry anthology. On the website is a list of the contests. Please click the links for descriptions of the contests, along ...

$12 ENTRY FEELimit 5,000 words. Notes from the Field is a non-fiction contest celebrating writing about experience—whether that be abroad, on a familiar sidewalk, in one’s line of work, in a field of interest, or in the most unexpected of times and settings. We are open to writing about many kinds of experience, and while we are not strictly looking for essays solely about place or with an environmenta...

The Anglican Theological Review will consider for publication articles written on topics that pertain to any of the classical disciplines of theological study. The journal is committed to creative engagement with Christian tradition and to interdisciplinary inquiry that includes literature and the arts, philosophy, and science. We encourage authors to submit articles that focus on the contempora...

Mixed Fruit Carson Prize in Poetry or Prose http://mixedfruitmagazine.com/---NO ENTRY FEE$100 award and publication in our first print issue, to be published in early 2013. The Carson Prize is open to all writers in all genres. We’ll read work from established or emerging authors. We welcome submissions from writers of any nationality. The author whose work is deemed most worthy of the Carson Prize will be awarded $100 and publication in the print issue, along with...

Twelve categories open to anyone to enter including religious theme, lyric poems, history of South Carolina, some aspect of theatre, and more. Prizes range from $50 to $500. Winning poems are published. No previously published poems.

Twelve categories open to anyone to enter including religious theme, lyric poems, history of South Carolina, some aspect of theatre, and more. Prizes range from $50 to $500. Winning poems are published. No previously published poems.

Lovely Christian Romance: To keep Your mind on what is pure and lovely.

Publisher and editor Teresa Lilly is looking for writers for her FREE online magazine, Lovely Christian Romance. The web site is:http://www.lovelychristianromance.com. She needs short Christian or clean romance between 1000 and 3000 words and pays $5. She also needs Amish stories, historical, regency romance, old fashioned, clean romance. She offers a FREE ad to writers who send in a story and have a Christian...

Three categories: 1. Free Verse, 2. Formal Verse, 3. Haiku: modern (17 or fewer syllables) or traditional (5-7-5 syllables). Prizes: $50, $20, $10, and three HMs. The contest is open to anyone, one poem per 8.5 x 11 page, using 12 or 14 point type. Poems must be in English. No simultaneous submissions; no poems that have been published or have won monetary awar...

Seventh Street Books™ is devoted to publishing quality mystery and thriller fiction. It is an imprint of Prometheus Books, an independent publisher of provocative and progressive nonfiction.from: www.fundsforwriters.com

Beginning August 27, 2012, you can submit material for possible inclusion in CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's forthcoming special issue, "Prairies, Plains, Mountains, Deserts." The journal is looking for "writing exploring the people, places, history, and changes shaping the states in the U.S. that make up the 'Big Middle' of prairies, plains, mountains, and deserts that shape the mi...

Ruminate Magazine invites you to enter their annual William Van Dyke Short Story Prize.

The finalist judge for this year's contest is Mark Richard, author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World and Charity, and bestselling novel, Fishboy.

The submission deadline for the prize is midnight October 26th, 2012, and the entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Spring 2013 Issue). You may submit one short story per contest entry and it must b...

ANNUAL POET'S CHOICE CONTESTDeadline:November 1Subject and Form:Poet's ChoiceLine Limit:40 LinesPrizes:$50$25$15Poems entered must NOT have been published or won ANY prize.

Contests are open to all poets.Poets may enter as many poems as they wish but only one prize may be won by any poet.Entry Fee is $3.00 per poem.Send two copies of each poem - one with name and address and one...

TIN HOUSE is now reading for Spring and Summer 2013. "The Summer issue is open, non-themed. The Spring issue has a theme of' This Means War.' Conflict is at the heart of all stories, and these days it seems that the world's major conflicts are portrayed in black and white, good and evil. We're looking for the grey, the messy, the not-so-easily classified. We're not just looking for work about ...

In 1999, TexasTechUniversity founded Iron Horse Literary Review in order to bring the literary arts to West Texas, which did not, at the time, have a national print venue for creative writing. We wanted an inexpensive way to bring America’s most respected poets, storytellers, and essayists to serious readers living in the remote panhandle. And that’s ...

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Sally Clark

Fredericksburg, Tx

Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.